Monken will hit the recruiting trail quickly

11:54 PM,
Dec. 11, 2012

Written by

John Talty
Jackson Clarion-Ledger

Todd Monken was officially introduced as Southern Miss' newest head coach on Tuesday, but he won't have much time to sit around enjoying the moment.

The former Oklahoma State offensive coordinator will have to quickly assemble a coaching staff to hit the recruiting trails as soon as possible.

The Southern Miss administration wanted to get a coach in place by this week in order to give the new coach an opportunity to recruit juco players, who will begin signing letters of intent on Dec. 19. ...